This is an analysis of the poem The Captains that begins with:
The Captains sailed from all the World—from all the world and Spain;
And each one for his country’s ease, her glory and her gain;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaa bbaa Xbbbcc aaddddee aaffccee aaaggbbXc hhcccii bbjjbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,6,8,8,9,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010101010111 11110101010101 01010101110101 11110101111101 11110101110101 01011111111101 11110101010101 110111001100111 01010101010101 01110100110101 01010011110101 11110111110111 11011101111101 11011100101101 11011101010101 11010111110101 001010101011101 11110101111001 11011101111101 11010100111101 010101010101111 11010111110011 11110111111111 11011101111101 11110101110101 11100101010111 01010100010101 11010101010001 01010101110111 01010101110101 11010100110001 11010011110101 01010101101101 11111101111111 11111101010111 11010111011101 11011101110101 11111111110101 11110111011111 11111011110101 11111101111101 111111111011010 11010111110001 01011101111101 11011101011101 01011101110111 10011101010111 11010101111111 110111010110101 11111101111111 11110101010110 01111101011101 111111011111010 110101011100110 11011111111101 01111111110111 11010101111101 11110111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 465
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, sailed, world, or, her, some, to, we, they, found, where, saw, lands, new, for, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, they, you are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Captains;
- central theme;
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